Lew, Oxfordshire
| Lew | |
|---|---|
Holy Trinity parish church | |
Lew Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 71 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP3206 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Witney |
| Postcode district | OX18 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Lew is a village and civil parish about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southwest of Witney in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 71. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Curbridge.
History
Evidence of early human habitation in the parish includes a tumulus, probably Anglo-Saxon, on a 350 feet (110 m) high hill west of the village.[2] The village's place-name, recorded as Hlæwe in 984, means "tumulus" in Old English.[3] Until the 19th century Lew was a township in the parish of Bampton.[4] It became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1857, called Bampton Lew. The parish was united with Bampton in 1917,[5] and since 1976 has formed part of the benefice of Bampton with Clanfield.[6] Lew was made a separate civil parish in 1866.[7]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity was designed in a 13th-century style by the architect William Wilkinson and built in 1841.[8]
Governance
There are three tiers of local government covering Curbridge, at parish, district and county level: Curbridge and Lew Parish Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. The parish council is a grouped parish council, also covering the neighbouring parish of Curbridge. The parish council meets at Curbridge Parish Hall.[9]
References
- ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ^ Blair 1994, pp. 45–46, cited in Crossley & Currie 1996, pp. 90–93
- ^ Mills & Room 2003
- ^ Crossley & Currie 1996, pp. 6–8
- ^ Crossley & Currie 1996, pp. 97–98
- ^ Archbishops' Council. "Bampton Lew Holy Trinity". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "unit history of Lew". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 682–683.
- ^ "Parish Hall". Curbridge and Lew Parish Council. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
Sources
- Blair, John (1994) [1977]. Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing for Oxfordshire Books. ISBN 9-780750-901475.
- Baggs, AP; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Day, CJ; Selwyn, Nesta; Townley, Simon C (1996). Crossley, Alan; Currie, CRJ (eds.). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 13: Bampton Hundred (Part One). London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research. pp. 90–99. ISBN 978-0-19722-790-9.
- Ekwall, Eilert (1960) [1936]. Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198691033.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Mills, AD; Room, D (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Lew. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 682–683. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
Media related to Lew at Wikimedia Commons